Ueda Station (Nagano)

Ueda Station
上田駅
Ueda Station Onsen entrance, July 2007
Location
Prefecture Nagano
(See other stations in Nagano)
City Ueda
Neighborhood etc. 1 Tenjin
(in Japanese)長野県上田市天神1丁目
History
Year opened 1888
Rail services
Operator(s) JR East
Shinano Railway
Ueda Electric Railway
Line(s) Nagano Shinkansen
Shinano Railway Line
Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line
Statistics 2,550 passengers/day (JR East, FY2010)

Ueda Station (上田駅 Ueda-eki) is a railway station in Ueda, Nagano, Japan, jointly operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), the Shinano Railway, and the Ueda Electric Railway.

Lines

Station layout

JR East platforms

The JR East station has two side platforms serving two tracks. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.[1]

1 Nagano Shinkansen for Takasaki, Ōmiya, and Tokyo
2 Nagano Shinkansen for Nagano

Shinano Railway platforms

The Shinano Railway station has one side platform and one island platform serving a total of three tracks.

1 Shinano Railway Line for Komoro and Karuizawa
2 Shinano Railway Line for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano
2 Shinano Railway Line for Togura, Shinonoi, and Nagano

Ueda Electric Railway platform

The Ueda Electric Railway station has one side platform serving a single track.

Adjacent stations

«Service»
Nagano Shinkansen
Sakudaira Asama Nagano
Shinano Railway Line
Shinano-Kokubunji Nishi-Ueda
Ueda Electric Railway Bessho Line
Terminus Shiroshita

History

The station first opened on 15 August 1888.[2] Local JR East trains services were transferred to the control of the Shinano Railway from 1 October 1997 with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen.[1] The Ueda Electric Railway station opened on 15 August 1924.[2]

Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2010, the JR East station was used by an average of 2,550 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).[3]

Surrounding area

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 各駅情報(上田駅) [Station Information (Ueda Station)] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 187-188. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
  3. 各駅の乗車人員 (2010年度) [FY2010 Station passenger figures] (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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Coordinates: 36°23′47″N 138°14′59″E / 36.396501°N 138.249764°E